What is a parathyroidectomy?

parathyroidectomy is surgical removal of one or more parathyroid glands, which are small hormonal glands in the throat. These glands can become sick or simply disorders, affect other organs and cause the systems to shut down. The recovery time may be about a day or two for otherwise healthy patients, but it may be longer for people with other serious health problems. Parathyroidectomy can also be simply called the removal of a parathyroid gland.

The thyroid is one of the largest hormonal glands in the body and is located in the front of the neck in the human body. The thyroid gland controls how quickly the body burns energy and produces proteins. The parathyroid glands are located on the back of the thyroid gland in groups of four or more. Parathyroid glands release parathormone, hormone that acts to increase calcium in blood and bones. This maintains the body's calcium level within a very narrow range and ensures that nerve and muscle systems can function functionally.

parathyroidectomyis usually carried out to repair the complications of the patient of hyperparathyroidism. Hyperparathyroidism is a condition in which the body glands produce too many hormones, causing a lack of calcium in the bones and too much calcium in the blood and urine. This can cause the patient to lose bone density, develop weakness in the muscles and experience continuous fatigue. Over time, it can also develop into osteoporosis and other bone disorders.

parathyroidectomy usually requires a general anesthetic. The patient is fully sleeping and do not know about surgery. There are cases where the patient receives a local anesthetic instead of general anesthesia. This means that instead of the patient feels nothing all over his body, only the area affected by surgery will be dull. In these cases, the patient does not feel any pain, but will still be awake and will be aware of what is happening around him.

For most of the time parathyroidectomy is openSurgery, which means that the work is carried out within a large cut. The patient's throat is cut 4 to 6 inches (10.16 to 15.24 cm), just below the Adam apple area and the surgeon removes the sick bodies. Another method is parathyroidectomy supported by a video in which another cut for a small camera is carried out in the throat. The camera helps the surgeon to get close enough to locate and remove very small body glands.

Sometimes the surgeon carries out the bodywork using a radioactive nuclear substance. This is called parathyroidectomy with a radio guide. The patient is injected with a substance and surgery is planned to go into the body gland. During the surgery, the surgeon uses a special probe that detects nuclear material. Then you can remove body engraver glands.